AMERICAN HISTORY, CIVIL WAR ERA TO THE PRESENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify important patterns, processes, events, people, and places in U.S. history since 1865. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Formulate arguments about change over time. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Evaluate arguments about history. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Determine what constitutes reliable and valid evidence. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Interpret, compare, and contrast primary sources. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Think critically about how narratives about the past are constructed and told. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify important patterns, processes, events, people, and places in U.S. history since 1865. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Formulate arguments about change over time. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Evaluate arguments about history. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Determine what constitutes reliable and valid evidence. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Interpret, compare, and contrast primary sources. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Think critically about how narratives about the past are constructed and told. Audience: Undergraduate